Medical Negligence

• Hospital’s investigation into cause of daughter’s brain injury ‘failed at every step’

  • PostedOctober 4, 2016

  An Ipswich family claims a hospital ‘abandoned’ their daughter after she was given electric shock treatment following cardiac arrest, and that the investigation into her subsequent brain injury ‘failed at...

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• Mental health amongst the young

  • PostedJune 16, 2016

  I have written before about the serious shortcomings in the provision for mental illness, particularly locally. But I make no apology for returning to it again. In particular, I want...

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• A clinical negligence lawyer’s ‘spin’ on the Mental Health Taskforce Report

  • PostedFebruary 19, 2016

  Sharon Allison has been campaigning for improvements in mental health care, particularly in East Anglia, for several years and is working closely with families whose tragic stories about failure in...

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• Care visits to elderly unacceptable

  • PostedFebruary 1, 2016

  Unacceptably short 15 minute home care visits to elderly and disabled people are still plaguing the care system in England. Research by Unison has found “distressing” cases of care being...

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• Parents win claim against hospital for death of baby girl, but warn new plans may deprive families of justice

  • PostedDecember 14, 2015

  Proposed changes to the law mean families who lose a child or an elderly parent through hospital negligence will have no means of redress, according to a bereaved Kesgrave couple....

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• A&E waiting times ‘getting worse’

  • PostedNovember 27, 2015

  New figures suggest waiting times in A&E departments across the UK are worsening as pressures grow in hospitals. The data, collected by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, showed 88%...

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• Bowel cancers ‘spotted too late’

  • PostedApril 23, 2015

  Thousands of people in England are dying from bowel cancer because their disease is not being spotted early enough, a charity has warned. Beating Bowel Cancer found wide variation within...

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• Compassion in care campaign hits new milestone

  • PostedFebruary 4, 2015

  NHS England’s Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Jane Cummings has praised the “Hello My Name Is…” campaign started by terminally ill Dr Kate Granger. The CNO spoke out as it was...

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• Addenbrooke’s Hospital is at the heart of a legal challenge over their ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ policy

  • PostedMay 6, 2014

  Addenbrooke’s Hospital is at the heart of a legal challenge over their ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ policy. The family of Janet Tracey, who died in March 2011 are seeking a national...

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• Weight loss surgery: up to two million could benefit

  • PostedJanuary 17, 2014

  Up to two million people in England could be eligible for weight loss surgery, experts say. Bariatric surgery, such as the fitting of gastric bands, can cut the risk of...

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• Ashtons Legal supports family as Coroner investigates death of man who died at the Wedgewood Unit, Bury St Edmunds

  • PostedJanuary 13, 2014

  An inquest opens on Wednesday (15 January) in Bury St Edmunds into the death of Joe Ruler, a young man who died aged 19 in August 2010 while a patient...

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• Have you or a family member had a medical problem which was not properly diagnosed?

  • PostedMay 7, 2013

  If so, did this make a difference to you in either the short or long term? All too often we see people who didn’t receive the follow up that they...

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